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1910
Shesley Walsh –2 nd of July
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Louis Coatalen on his Sunbeam Car at Shelsley in 1910
“At Shesley Walsh Hill Climb two of the three events were won by Star cars, which have done
so well at Brooklands. The Henry Edmunds Trophy was run against the clock, five of the
finest cars of 16 horse power class being entered, all in the hands of professional drivers.
These in order of merit of their respective performances were the Star, the Vauxhall, the
Sunbeam, the Clement Talbot, and the Crossley, the closest running between the two firstnamed,
for the Vauxhall was only one second and one-fifth slower than the Star, and it was
certainly doing itself justice. Again, in the open event of the Midlands Automobile club the 12
horse-power Star came first on formula, while Mr Percy Kinder’s 20 horse-power Prince
Henry type Vauxhall was second, and the 12 horse-power Vauxhall was third on points.”
The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, July 16, 1910
Hubert Woods entered and drove the 12/14 hp Crossley in the open event to a time of
110.8 seconds, he also drove the 15 hp in the Henry Edmunds Trophy event without
success.
Hubert was never to win a prize at Shesley Walsh, it would seem the course required
familiarity and practice to post a good time. On paper Joseph Higginson with the la Buire in
1912 should have beaten Holders record breaking 1908 Daimler, however like Hubert it was
Higginson’s inexperience which prevented La Buire from achieving a record run.